How to Seal Your Own Driveway 

It's cool to see a dude that clearly has the means to pay to have that done doing it himself. Props...

I love the way you attack a project like I do: •I probably should’ve cleaned the driveway better before I started • I probably should’ve patched the cracks yesterday, but I wanted to get started Haha - I thought I was the only one like that!

This dude is obviously smart enough to figure out how to do anything by himself with a little practice....I love it!!

I did my 2580 square foot driveway yesterday by myself. . 10 buckets, 4 hours. However, over the course of the previous week, I removed 13 wheel barrows of grass and soil encroachment, pressure washed the entire driveway using a 3700 psi PW and a surface cleaner, patched every crack with a quick patch gel product. Removed a crumbling retaining wall and reinforced some edge sections with concrete in a shallow trench. That took 3O hours all in. Like painting, its all in the prep. You definitely should pressure wash even clean looking driveways, for better adhesion. I'm 67 years old..going on 40. This is a great video, slow clap.

I remember when I thought 8 years was a long time. Then I got old. And now I know I'd be doing it again before I know it. Good video.

I started a sealcoating business a few years ago. The objective of sealcoating is protecting your driveway and making it look good. You accomplished both. I thing you did a really good job.

Now I know what not to do by watching you you are a very funny guy and your job turned out very nice

I seal driveways...Tips for next time, weed whack any edging that goes over the driveway, BLOW the dirt off, PRESSURE WASH thoroughly, after it dries BLOW it again then fill the cracks, you should only need to wait an hour or so, when it's dry you may need to blow again if stuff is landing on the driveway and then paint the edges you can't reach (ie garage edge, walls, rocks, etc. before you start. Edges you can reach paint afterward to match the thickness of the squeegee. But good job!

I plan on doing my own driveway in the spring and wanted to watch a few how-to videos. This video was perfect. You did an amazing job and now I am inspired!

Good job, I appreciate people that do projects on their own.

Fellow obviously has coin but desires to do this huge job himself. Kudos.

This video shows something that I stand behind... You don't HAVE to know all the proper techniques to start something. Your technique is awful, and inefficient. HOWEVER... through perseverance and the ability to learn on the job, you ended up with an amazing finished project. I'm happy for ya man. So many people are afraid to try things, because professionals like to make it seem impossible to someone with no experience. But how did they get the experience? The same way you did, and the same way more people should. Get out there, and get it done. Just what you did, and kudos to you for doing it.

I have been sealing my own blacktop driveways since I was a teenager. Back then they just had the one year stuff. Within the last 15-20 years they have been selling the multi-year sealants. On all the multi-year sealants they all say one must apply 2 coats to get the multi-year coverage. My last time I sealed was in 2016 with a sealant that said it was a 7 year blacktop sealant (two coats a week apart). I probably should have done it last year - 2020 but it unquestionably needs it done this year. You have a large driveway and you are definitely saving money doing it yourself!

I'll be doing mine by myself. Piece of cake

Forget any haters looks good. And I believe you applied a better product than you get out of some of these companies

Beautiful home..

I'm doing mine tomorrow! Thanks for posting this!! Very helpful. Never done it before!

I own an asphalt paving and asphalt maintenance business. I'm all for DIY projects. I think it's important for home owners to learn how to do simple things with their property such as what you have done here. For what it's worth, you probably could have hired a professional contractor to do the entire job for about what you paid for the sealer alone. I think it's great that you tried it yourself and got it done. There is always a sense of self satisfaction taking care of your home. For your first time, it looks like it turned out well.

Exactly what I was hoping to find. Thanks for posting this! I wasn't sure this was something I could do and now I know I certainly can! Beautiful house you got there, too.

Thank you for the video! I’m have to do this for my parents. Your video helps me know what to buy so I can finish this job faster and I was using a roller.

I did this years ago by myself when I was about 40 and it turned out very well. Luckily my drive was small and downhill as it's hard work!. I searched for how to videos prior to my two 35 y.o. sons repairing my drive way. Thanks for the video - it turned out great and I love your home!

That house! Beautiful! Good Job!

Not bad for your first time. I usually watch "how to's" on projects I am going to do on RU-vid first Then that way I see the do's and don'ts before I could mess it up. Keep DIYing. :)

Just finished my driveway today. Used menards seal coat. Came out just beautiful. I always use the squeegee side.yes and also use a different handle for the broom.

Great job! Beautiful home. I love the walkway leading to the front of the house.

Thanks for all the comments and questions. Sorry I didn't see the comments until now. It's been almost 3 years and has held up pretty well.

As someone who's also in central MN, the info about going with a longer guarantee product is well appreciated!

I'm gonna try this

Loved the wife with the TEA BREAK!!! Great video!

Great job and amazing looking property!

What a beautiful home.

Using same sealer tomorrow..2,000 ft ...I spent almost 2 days prepping already filling cracks and edges...Gonna use 12 inch brush all around edges then get er done...Wish me luck😎😎😎...Thanks for video...Central Minnesota

Thanks for the heads up bud! Cheers from Canada

Great job and good video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Great video, it turned out fantastic! Thank you! I dream of a driveway that size...someday! 😅

Well done , You made it look very easy !

Thank for the information, you have covered everything to refurbish the driveway.

Great video. Thank you so much

You done a good job. 🇺🇸👍🏻

Great stuff! Gave me the right motivation to diy

I used the Sealbest 1000 and it held up pretty good for 2 years, I use my pressure washer to clean my asphalt pretty often. Last year I decided to put a new coat of the Sealbest 1000 on the asphalt. After a harsh N Wisconsin winter, the coating was embedded with

The advertisement for Hibiscus Sun Tea was funny.

Good job Bubba doin mine tomorrow. Sealed the cracks today. Fun stuff

Great thoughtful wife!! You did good

Beautiful house to match the new beautiful driveway !

Beautiful house. Pretty good job

Thanks for sharing. I will trying it tomorrow on my driveway

Good job for a diy. Thinking of doing this myself.

Great job! Looks good!

looks good, my wife started that with the video i quickly got the tripod for her and put the broom in her hand. she took to it fairly quick

Great job Jeff

That was actually looks pretty nice

You did a great job👍🏼

Nice work 👍

Wifey is such a doll...making her man a nice drink for all his manly hardwork..... many more years of love and light in yalls marriage

beautiful home

Do the edging first then the main application.

Looks really good.

Absolutely gorgeous house

Good job. Looks nice

Great job!!

Looks great! Cool house too!🙂🙂🙂

Great job

After 2 years n 180k views am I really the first comment 🤪 I was chosen for this !!

He obviously never even bothered to watch all the dozens of other videos on RU-vid to show him the proper way to do this. Nice house tho.

nice house

Good video. A little hard work can save a bit of money. I like the design of your house.

I do this for a living 22$ an hour been doing it for 5 years Clean/crack/seal coating for my local asphalt company

Great diy video

The only way to figure something out is by doing it, I would recommend pressure washing the driveway first next time but all in all you did a nice job. 👍🏻

Great video. Thanks.

If your located in the Oklahoma City area I would recommend arrow asphalt to take a look at your driveway!!

Holy shit you have a beautiful house

Looks great👍

Nice video..... I'm starting all the prep to do my driveway myself. Going to be applying some weed killer in some of the cracks near the edges.... Fill all the cracks and use a lg. crack filler for the bigger cracks on the edges.

nice job

Looks like it may have been your first rodeo. I live in Virginia by the way. Most of the stores are Lowe's here. I buy the blackjack brand. I found a homemade mix that outlasts the driveway sealer alone. I use 1/2 gallon of roof & foundation sealer to one 4.7 gallon pail of blackjack 300 sealer. The higher end sealers contain latex which won't work on a driveway that used to be gravel. I need the ability to melt & self-heal in hot weather. The previous pavement was bagged asphalt & recycled asphalt. It was heated with a torch wagon & then rolled. True pavement can use what you use. I trim the outsides first. Get less overlap marks.

You got the right sealer

fine job sir

Nice great work...

Nice house!

Really should have filled those large cracks first, followed by applying the sealer around the edges with a 4 inch paint brush, before carrying out the main task. Also, it's advisable to pour sealant from one container into another and mix it ( in case there is a colour variation between the batches). Anyway, the finished drive still looks very nice and compliments what looks like a lovely house.

Nice video - thanks! :) How does it look now nearly a year later?

Looks NICE!!

I did mine... It's been awhile since... I patched all cracks with rubberized roofing paint. . Then Black Jack 1000... I personally feel buy the best product you can afford... Labor is the same so ...

Thanks for posting Jeff. Finished job looks great and house too! Trying to do a few home jobs while I am furloughed 8h every wk during Covid19!

Beautiful house

I worked in commercial construction for over 20years and the guys that used to do Epoxy coating on floors used to go to Walmart and K Mart to buy the cheapest pairs of golf shoes as the spikes allowed them to walk on the floors without getting footprints in the coating plus they didnt worry about getting the epoxy on the cheap shoes ! I always thought it was funny to see guys going to work in Golf shoes but yet a pretty good idea I imagine that would work fine to seal driveways

I worked for the city of Manhattan Beach, Ca. '67-78'. The city had a serious "Slurry seal" program. I later worked for the County of Kern road dept. from '86 to 2003. The county used Reclamite and sand. He should've filled those cracks with a flexible sealer first. He probably spent $500+ for sealer and a cheap broom/squeegee. On the day he filled the cracks, he should've cut in the edges. Other than that he did okay for a rookie. If anyone is thinking of a DIY seal job on their Asphalt drive way, and they live in a arid or hot environment, they need to give serious thought to the fact that the sealer will track on surrounding surfaces due to the heat(90*F+) until it's fully cured. So do some research into the available sealers. The cracks in his D'way will allow water to seep down to, and cause a failure in the sub-base. He needed to check out having a hot AC overlay put down. Anyone who buys a place with a new AC drive way should seal it at least every 5 years, more often if you live in a climate with extremes of weather. A well constructed and cared for AC drive way should should last 35-50 years.

Good work, that was a pretty big job! So how is it 2 years later

well done.

I like using longer and heavier handles plus a 2 ft squeegee

Amazing looking home:) how old were you when you did this job, you give me inspiration.

Great Vidio... Thank You!

Jeff how does this look after the first winter? i do not know how Minnesota winter was but South Dakota had a pretty bad year?

Nice video and good job. I too just done our driveway here in Connecticut today and like you took more than I estimated. I bought 10 yr from Home Depot and took buckets to paint department for them to mix/shake for me and used the squeegee. Also, I saved my receipts, printed out the warranty info as well as printed out today’s and the next four days weather forecast just for insurance in case the manufacturer try’s to fault anything against my application should it not last the 10yrs. BTW, you have a BEAUTIFUL HOME, is it Frank Lloyd Wright?

How long did it take you to complete that job? I've done 6 bucket and 4 bucket projects by myself. I think I would hire it out in the future because it takes quite a while and it's multiple steps over several days. What have you done since this job? Thanks for filming this! Very helpful to see someone doing it!

Great video. I plan on doing that in the next few weeks. Could you see the squeegee lines after you finished?

I wonder if two coats would look even better. My driveway is only 8x70 so I may give 2 coats a try

Nice job . Nice house. Good wife. Sometimes it’s fun doing it yourself and it cost MORE. I’ve done both. Ha ha